The Chadwick Christmas

Odessa's outfit
Heather's outfit
Noelle's outfit and faceclaim

Odessa stood in front of her mirror and put in her big earrings and corrected her hair a little before she grabbed her phone where a message was received. She had twenty minutes before she was going to be picked up. “Tibo!” she called and shortly after the small dog came running into the bathroom. She had made everything ready and only had to dress Tibo in a red suit so he could keep his body temperature high enough for the ride. She even had a dog bag for him so he could rest there alone. “Follow me,” she said and started to walk with the dog on her side towards a bowl she had with her jacket and shoes. Here she kneeled down and dressed her dog. He was now matching her. Both Odessa and Tibo hated to wear red. Or at least that was what Odessa convinced herself that Tibo thought about wearing the color red. It didn’t compliment her hair or his fur. She dressed herself and did some finishing touches on her makeup and outfit before the doorbell rang. She picked up the leading rope for her dog, hurried to the door and opened it for him. She was almost about to go in and hug him when she felt something was off. She took a step backwards. “Are you carrying anything holy on you?” she asked almost out of breath.

With a confident whip of a hand, the ginger hair was swung over her shoulder. She had just finished braiding it with a red ribbon when she heard someone knock on the door. She stood in her room on a whole other floor and simply looked over her shoulder, taking a small sniff in to figure out who it was. A cheeky smile spread on her lips before she with her speed was downstairs and opened her front door. “Merry Christmas,” she said in a joyful voice and with a wide smile which made her cheeks squint her eyes a little. She reached forward to pull him inside gently before she would close the door behind him. She didn’t want all the warmth to escape. “I’ve made sure to have a little service on for today,” she said and sent Zechariah a scanning look. She was both looking at his outfit and trying to figure out what he thought about her having arranged servants and a cooking chef. After all, she had the money to make sure everything was in order. He looked quite relaxed, almost like her. Her hand reached towards he bottom of his shirt and she moved a little closer to him, “We’re matching,” she said with a cheeky smile. She had a skirt on which had the same pattern as his shirt. Her skirt wasn’t that long, but it was highwaisted. Her knitted shirt was off shoulder, but longsleeved.
From the living room came out a girl who looked quite a lot like Heather. “Care to introduce me?” the girl said with a kind smile, interfering the intimate moment Heahter had believed she could have. Heather took a deeper breath and gestured towards her older half sister. “This is Noelle, my older sister. This is-” Heather was on her way to gesture towards Zechariah when Noelle interfered. “Zechariah Goodwin, right?” she finished her sisters sentence and put her hand forward to greet the witch. Noelle herself was a siphoner and knew that most witches didn't like siphoners, but she kept it cool for now.

Odessa narrowed her eyes a little as he mentioned that it was for the vampire. She chuckled a little with a warm smile on her lips. He seemed insecure and spoke about how he could get rid of it, and how it was dangerous for a vampire. She shook her head a little. She took a step closer and caress his cheek a little. “I’ll defend you,” she said confident in her abilities. If the vampire was as much as looking at Cassius with hungry eyes Odessa wouldn’t think twice about throwing a spell, even though Zechariah had told her it would be a bad idea. One thing was for sure, Odessa would stop the time if Zechariah’s mate ran towards Cassius. Odessa wasn’t going to let Cassius be in a harming situation. “I don’t think you’ll be allowed inside with it,” she assured him, “Just let it stay in the car.” Odessa followed him to the car and got into the car with Tibo and her bag of gifts. As she sat next to Cassius she looked over him with a caring smile, “Witches don't like holy objects either,” she explained with a wink. Then he would at least know why she had hesitated with hugging him in the start.

Heather looked at how Zechariah greeted her sister and narrowed her eyes a little when he complimented her. Noelle only got to nod back at Zechariah before she caught up on Heather’s behavior. “Heather likes to have the attention by herself,, that's why” Noelle responded and winked at Zechariah, hoping he would pick up on how Heather didn’t appreciate the compliment to the wrong woman. “Merry Christmas to both of you,” she said. Noelle scrunched her nose a little; “I’ll be in the kitchen if you need me,” she said and left the couple.
Heather sighed a little, rolling her eyes of her sister. “There’s a reason why I never speak of her,” she whispered in a hissing tone. Clearly, Heather didn’t appreciate how Zechariah had looked at Noelle. She was jealous. She tried to push it away and look back at Zechariah with a flirtatious smile. “I look forward to meeting your sister and her… It was also a mate, right? Not a fiancé or something like that?” she wondered furrowing her brows a little. Heathers arms snaked around Zechariah’s neck as she leaned a little closer. Some might have noticed that Heather had gained weight, but of course, if you saw her often, you wouldn’t notice it as much. But the weight Heather had gained wasn’t really that visible. She carried her pregnancy gracefully and it was almost invisible.

Odessa sent Cassius a calming smile. Odessa had things under control. She widened her eyes a little as he mentioned Hollywood, “Hollywood? Why do you want to go to Hollywood?” she chuckled and merged her fingers on her lap. As they reached the giant mansion Odessa blinked a little at it, “Jup, it’s here. He wasn’t kidding when he said she had everything,” Odessa was quite surprised with the fact that his mate had so much wealth. The door was opened and held for her and she smiled, flattered as she got out with her stuff. “Thanks. Such a gentleman,” she mused and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. Together they walked towards the mansion with gifts and dogs. Odessa rang the bell and waited for someone to answer the door.

Zechariah tried to save it. He almost made up for it. “I’m not jealous,” she corrected him, even though the jealousy shined out from her. She frowned shortly as he wasn’t quite sure how the other couples relationship was. She saw how he was about to lean in for a kiss, but both of them stopped as the doorbell rang. She sighed shortly. So much for a family Christmas. She could feel on herself that right now, she would rather just be with Zechariah all alone. But now, this was the plan, and we never quitted a plan. “I’ll get it,” she informed before she gave Zechariah a quick peck on his lips and moved to the door to open it. And there was a witch and an angel by the door. “Hi!” she greeted happily. “I’m Heather,” she greeted and went directly in to hug the witch. The witch was a little late to figure out that they were on hugging terms and not just handshake, which was the reason why her and found her way around the vampire rather late. Odessa recognized the woman she was hugging. She had seen her with James, an incubus Odessa worked for occasionally. It had been a while ago since Odessa had seen the vampire with him, but it still made Odessa wonder if she was still seeing the demon. “Hi. Odessa,” the witch greeted before she allowed the vampire to greet the unbonded mate with the same gesture; a hug. “Heather,” she repeated and as soon as she got close enough, she simply allowed herself to smell him. Goodness gracious. Angel blood was something, but it definitely couldn’t match Zechariah’s. She let go of him without doing anything that could harm or seem inappropriate. “Come on in,” she said and opened the door a little further for them to enter with their dogs and all. Both Millie and Cream, Heather and Noelle’s cats, was upstairs in their own private cat room.

Odessa did as told and as soon as she was far enough inside, she put down most things and removed the leading rope from Tibo. She then looked towards Zechariah with a slight crooked smile. It was weird how her heart wasn’t singing for him anymore and how they had figured they were siblings. Good thing that just stayed between them. “Hey,” she exhaled and went over to hug him.
Heather called for Noelle who shortly after exited the kitchen. “Greetings!” she said as soon as she noticed the newcomers. She immediately picked up on how the relationship was between the two siblings. What Odessa noticed on the other hand was how this was a siphoner. Odessa hadn’t explained anything about siphoners to Cassius, mostly because they were rare and because she wasn’t expecting them to see any. But here they were. She was very cautious of how this girl acted… Who knew if she suddenly chose to empty all of them by siphoning them? She was a threat. “I’m Noelle. Heather's older sister,” she greeted and handed the angel a hand to greet him with.

Odessa continued to frown a little as she suddenly mentioned Texas. “But why do you want to travel for new year’s?” she wondered. To her, they could simply stay put and watch what people did in Aston.

“Merry Christmas to you too,” Odessa said and swung her arms around herself as she looked towards Cassius. She was simply praying that he would be getting through this evening very easily. It was a lot of new species. She let the two boys greet and gave both men a smile as they parted. Cassius seemed to be talking well enough with Noelle for now. Her blue eyes looked towards Zechariah as he mentioned he was jumpy. Odessa licked her lips a little. “He doesn’t know much of the supernatural,” she glanced towards her mate. “I’ve told as much as I could, but he has to process it-” she licked her lips again and merged her fingers in front of her, “And you know, I don’t want to scare him away, so we take it easy,” she explained. Heather, who stood on the other side of Zechariah couldn’t help but smile. She believed it was funny. Odessa took a deeper breath in, “Besides from that, he was a human, turned into a werewolf, died and resurrected as an angel,” she explained and nodded a little before she looked towards Heather with slightly narrowed eyes, “So, be on your best behavior, please,” The green eyes rolled. Odessa turned her attention back to Zechariah, “Please, don’t let your mate try to kill my mate,” she asked and shortly caressed Zechariah’s shoulder, but only until she noticed the ice-cold eyes from Heather.

Noelle smiled a little, “I’m her older sister,” she repeated. “I’m almost thirty years older than her,” she explained and shortly looked at the two siblings and her own sister. “You’re in good hands, Cassius,” she tried to assure him with a gentle smile, “It’ll be a lovely evening,” she elaborated. “I know you arrived with Odessa, but how do you know her? And have you ever met her brother or my sister?” she wondered and gestured towards them, still looking towards him. Her phone vibrated and she picked it up, “Sorry, it’s a client,” she excused while she read the text message.
She sent the message and turned her attention back to Cassius again.

Odessa smiled softly at him. “Alright,” she agreed with a kind voice.
Noelle tilted her head gently as he explained that it was the first time, he meet any of them. “You have nothing to worry about,” she assured him with a warm and welcoming voice. She listened and nodded as he explained when and how they had met. Interesting. She glanced towards Odessa, wondering if she had explained the mate bond.

Heather raised her brows and looked at Zechariah, crossing her arms. “You’re the fucking worst,” she mumbled, feeling deeply hurt that Zechariah felt like he had to say such a thing. She didn’t need ‘payment’ to stay away from the angel, and she surely needed no command to stay away. She was here to have a nice evening with family, and nothing else. She wasn’t here to drink blood, that could be saved for another moment.

Noelle looked at her phone as the phone beeped again. She pulled a grimace as she read the message. “I am very sorry, but I only see clients for sessions,” she texted him back, knowing that she had rejected a possible date, but she couldn’t date him as long as he was a client, and might not even be able to afterward.

Odessa’s heart fluttered as she received a kiss from Cassius, but she didn’t get to say anything back before the doorbell rang. Odessa looked toward the others, but none of them seemed to know what was going on. “Hang on,” she said before she moved over towards the door, feeling how the magic seemed stronger on the other side of the door. She opened the door and saw the man on the other side. Her mother had kept pictures of this man. “What are you doing here?” she hissed with a low voice. Odessa was never seen hissing.

Heather raised a brow as he tried to apologize. He didn’t do that well in Heather’s she pulled away as he tried to kiss her the first time. “Sure, you didn’t,” she rolled her eyes and let her eyes look towards the door as it rang. “No. My brother and parents aren’t invited,” she replied with an almost irritated voice. The hormones might be getting to her. Why couldn’t they just have a nice evening by themselves?
It was almost music to Heather’s ears as Zechariah asked her to take her sister and Cassius to the dining table. She looked at him with cold eyes, “Oh, so you trust me enough to be close to the angel. Good to know,” she turned her head, so his kiss only touched her cheek. “Make sure it’s no trouble,” she said and let her arms glide out of the cross they had made. Her elbows rested a little on her tummy, letting her hands fold over the slightly bigger belly. “Noelle! Take sweet cheeks with you,” she said and nodded towards the dining table. Noelle looked towards Cassius and walked by his side towards the dining room, “We’ll let them handle the visitor, hmm,” she said with a soft hum.

Odessa was shoved to the side as she had been for so many years, though he spoke as if he had been the most present dad ever. If that wasn’t the saddest lie ever. Odessa was handed some jewels and looked at them with wide eyes. “Did you steal them?” she asked coldly but was ignored as her father gave Zechariah a gift. Odessa stepped backward as her father tried to pull them in for a hug. No. She wasn’t going to let him in like nothing had happened, though that was what it was. Nothing had happened ever since she was two, and now he showed up? She was about to tell him to go fuck himself, like the nice woman she was, but he walked in like he was the king of midnight street. Odessa was certain that Heather wasn’t going to like him.

Noelle looked up from the seat she had taken as the magical source appeared. She clenched her teeth a little. Now, even though both Odessa and Zechariah were witches, this man scared her, but only because she knew that witches and warlocks didn’t like siphoners; which was what Noelle was. A being that could siphon the magic that witches both had in themselves and could create. Heather got up from her seat and walked toward the father-in-law. “Greetings and merry christmas,” she said with a voice that almost chimed, and looked him up and down shortly. “You must be Zechariah’s father,” she wondered and put her hand out towards him – honestly expecting a formal greeting. “I’m Heather Chadwick, and you’re trespassing.” She stepped very close to Davis so her cold breath could be felt on his face. She intimidated him at first, letting him feel how her blood manipulation was threatening him with a stroke. She then let go of it and leaned into his ear, “Your daughter’s mate is a scaredy-cat, and their bond isn’t sealed. So please, don’t be responsible for your own daughter’s death,” she informed before she leaned back and gave him a very sweet and innocent look, shrugging cutely like nothing had ever happened. She then turned and gestured towards Cassius, “That’s Odessa’s mate, Cassius,” she said and then moved her hand towards her sister, “That’s my sister, Noelle.”

Odessa almost grinded her teeth as her father replied her, being overly dramatic. Her eyes widened as she spoke about how she had grown. Oh, no wonder after one hundred and fifty years. She didn’t even want to explain how Odessa and Zechariah’s relation had been, because it was surely not for anyone but the siblings to know. Odessa widened her eyes as he explained that he wouldn’t mind having dinner like a normal family. Now, that was the problem. They weren’t a normal family. They weren’t even a real family. They were only bound by blood to each other. Nothing else.

Heather kept her eyes narrowed on the warlock standing in front of her. She already hated him, and truly understood why Zechariah didn’t appreciate the meeting. “No pleasure,” she replied truthfully. Heather was on her toes of simply cracking the neck of her father-in-law. How dared he speak that way about her sister? Blood rushed through her making her quite warmer than a normal vampire.

Odessa’s eyes widened her father started to ask about the truth. She stopped time and walked over to flick her father’s nose – it would hurt way more than a normal flick. She continued to walk over to Cassius before she started the time again, “Hey, sorry. I don’t know if you’ve noticed that my father is nuts?” she wondered and tilted her head having her hands on each of Cassius’s broad shoulders. “Don’t listen to him, I’ll make sure to get him out of here, alright?” she spoke softly to Cassius before she turned her attention towards her father again, giving him a dead gaze.

“Knock, knock!” a voice called from the still open front door. “Did you really want to celebrate Christmas without your dearest mother?” Michelle wondered, having one arm leaning up against the doorframe, blinking innocently.